#CDBC42#CDBC42

#CDBC42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.140 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBC42
RGB	rgb(205, 188, 66)
HSL	hsl(53, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(53, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.66, -7.88, 61.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.66, 61.73, 97.34°)
OKLab	oklab(78.75% -0.0274 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(78.75% 0.14 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.1453, 49.3408, 12.3516)
Luminance	0.4934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBC42 #4253CD

analogous

#CD7642 #CDBC42 #98CD42

triadic

#CDBC42 #42CDBC #BC42CD

tetradic

#CDBC42 #42CD76 #4253CD #CD4298

square

#CDBC42 #42CD76 #4253CD #CD4298

split-complementary

#CDBC42 #4298CD #7642CD

monochromatic

#766B1F #A6972C #CDBC42 #DACD72 #E7DEA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#CDBC42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87

#CDBC42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBC42

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBC42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBC42	1.00	1.93	10.87	10.87
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB731

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCAFA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbc42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 188, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.140 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0cf7d',
    500: '#cdbc42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbc42;
$custom-light: #e0cf7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbc42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.662,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78751,
    "c": 0.14002,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBC42

secondary

#979FD3

accent

#59E146

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBC42

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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